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“I feel like it’s important to be aware… be aware of what the media is saying about you, what’s going on,” Darnold said. “I feel like it is important, but at the same time, I’m not going to sit on Twitter, because I feel like that’s just kind of almost a waste of time.”

Darnold isn't a total Luddite when it comes to social media. He has a Snapchat account for communicating with friends and family. His Instagram account has 160,000 followers. And he admits he's curious every now and then about what people are saying about him on the Internet.

“I like to be socially aware,” Darnold said. “I know what’s going on if there’s a funny meme about me or whatever … I’m aware of it, but I’m not on Twitter looking up my name and searching for anything… But I’m not going to lie. In the offseason, sometimes I’ll go on Google and see if anything’s up about me, if anything’s being said about me.”